Giant cat?

Posted on June 28, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, giant cat, Life, Photo, Short story, spell, Tuxedo cat, Very short story, wizardLeave a comment

The cat turned to stare at me. She had seen me in the corner of her eye. She had been staring at the wizard as he cast a spell. As his words ended she started to grow. Paws and legs, tail, body, head, ten times bigger? Twenty times. More. She was sitting on the stairs landing, but now her head and shoulders were about five feet above where they were minutes before.

This is a gentle cat, but her claws were now three inches long, she looked at me longingly. Ready to knead me with her paws, but they could now be deadly. Quietly I closed the bedroom door. Quietly I rang the local zoo. The wizard roared with laughter at the transformation. Claws started to scratch at the door….

Feathers

Posted on June 27, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Black and white, Black and white feather, Fun, Image, Layout app, Mirrored, Photo, straightened3 Comments

I found a black and white feather, possibly from a magpie and decided to make a pattern with it. I turned it slightly in the ‘straighten’ tool I have, then mirrored it and duplicated it. It tickles my brain playing with feathers! I’d turn the feather into a quill pen if I could.

Purple sky

Posted on June 26, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Black, Blue, Colours, dramatic, Green, Orange, Photo, Purple, Red, Silhouette, Sky, Sunset2 Comments

Sky seen a few weeks ago up at the Croft at Thistley Hough. I can’t really say more than it was a beautiful sunset.

The sky looked like it was on fire, and the red reflecting off the purple ad blue clouds just added to the drama. The silhouettes of the trees and the fence and ground added to it.

View through

Posted on June 24, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Capability Brown, Garden, Grass, lawns, Life, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Trees, Trentham Gardens, ViewLeave a comment

A pleasant view

Seeing green lawns

Milky and blue

skies

An English summer.

Strong stones

Arch over the path

Steps up a curved seat.

Rest here in the shade

Sit for a while

Remember other summers

Long gone.

Stately homes visited

Capability in gardens.

Playing

Posted on June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged College, Life, Looking, Pareidolia, Pattern, Photo, Plants, Semester, totem pole? Faces, Trentham GardensLeave a comment

I sort of see birds, owls, flying out of these flowers? Or old fashioned rocket ships, or a totem pole. When you play with patterns you can find all sorts of things. I like seeing faces in things. I recently found out it’s called Pareidolia. We studied it during one of the semesters at college, the mind looks for patterns and sometimes finds them.

Black and white, black and white cat.

Posted on June 23, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white, Black and white cat, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Sleep, snoozing, Tuxedo cat, TwitchLeave a comment

Curled round in sleep,

my hubby and the cat,

snoozing after tea.

Cat’s ears twitch,

hubby snores gently,

perfect peace for a while.

Resting at ease,

calm and relaxed.

Surely it can’t last?

Have to wait and see…

Visiting cat

Posted on June 12, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Cat Food, Life, Outdoor cat, Photo, Tuxedo cat, VisitingLeave a comment

Our outdoor cat, comes in for tea. Sniffing at the food bowls, and looking for a bit of love too. X can’t really say more xxx

I think I see a face?

Posted on June 11, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Alien, Cropped, Ent, Ideas, Mirrored, Photo, rotated, sea monster, Sky, Thought, TreeLeave a comment

Look at me? Can you see my face? Am I man or cat? Or cyclops? So many options and shapes.

Photo rotated and mirrored. Blue grey clouds and salmon pink sky. Totem or monster alien. Unknown sea creature. Ent? Your choice. Playing and experimenting to create alien images.

What’s in a name..?

Posted on June 9, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Alaska, diphtheria, Dog, dog team, huskies, iditerod, Name, Nome, Photo, Seppala, sled, surnameLeave a comment

Image from Wikipedia, I hope I am not infringing copyright.

A name popped up on TV today, an unusual surname, but one I know because I have a friend who has that name.

Have you heard of Leonhard Seppala (spelt with an h). He was part of several sled teams in 1925 that got serum to Nome in Alaska to save people from diphtheria. He went 261 miles in a snow storm to help get the serum to them. The dog sleders efforts was commemorated by the Iditorod annual dog sled race.

I hope he is related to my friend. I think Seppala is a Scandinavian name? It will be interesting to find out.

Horse

Posted on June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Animal, bay horse, Day out, Fun, Horse, Life, Photo, Staffordshire, Visit2 Comments

When we were out yesterday we saw this lovely horse in a field. There wasn’t much grass so we pulled some up from our side of the fence and the horse came over and tugged it out of my hand… It soon wandered off in search of some more. I think the colour was Bay, its coat was very shiny and well groomed. It was good to see a different living creature. We usually only see cats, dogs and people.

If we go back we might take an apple, although I’m not sure if you can get in trouble for feeding it?

Mallaband-Brown

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